Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 536
Civil Proceedings, England And Wales
Family Proceedings, England And Wales
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
Tribunals And Inquiries
Family Court, England And Wales
County Court, England And Wales
The Online Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025
Made
29th April 2025
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1) and (2) and 49(2) of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022(1) (“the Act”), makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 32(1)(a) and (b) of the Act, the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals agree to the making of these Regulations.
A draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament in accordance with sections 20(4) and 49(3) of the Act and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Online Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(3) In these Regulations “financial remedy” has the same meaning as in rule 2.3(1) of the Family Procedure Rules 2010(2).
Specified proceedings
2. The following proceedings are proceedings of a specified kind for the purposes of section 20(1) of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022—
(a)civil proceedings in England and Wales in relation to property;
(b)proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal in relation to property;
(c)proceedings in the Upper Tribunal in relation to property; and
(d)family proceedings in England and Wales for a financial remedy.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Sarah Sackman
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
29th April 2025
I agree
Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, C.J.
Lady Chief Justice
16th April 2025
I agree
Keith Lindblom
Senior President of Tribunals
16th April 2025